Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men were hotching for action , but what response could be dragged out of those granite walls and that oak door ? |
| 2 | The publication of the General Theory before the war was part of Keynes 's campaign to persuade his fellow economists that his proposition — that the trade cycle could be ironed out by the government adjusting the volume of demand in the economy — was correct . |
| 3 | This way they would find out if there were any quirks in the aircraft that could be ironed out before Dick strapped-in for the ride that would be his first solo . |
| 4 | No words could be clawed out of the air to calm him . |
| 5 | It could be chopped out of the calendar today ( Thursday ) by the FISA World Council meeting which goes ahead in Paris this afternoon . |
| 6 | He was aware that they could be setting out on a wild-goose chase , but he had to believe that they were n't . |
| 7 | But all those changes could be justified out of respect for the principle of freedom of choice in sexual matters , particularly where the enquiry is so straightforward . |
| 8 | And to aid his cause Ferguson is close to boosting his already substantial cash kitty by £800,000 with the sale of Neil Webb back to Nottingham Forest poised He could be followed out of Old Trafford by other top internationals , because Ferguson is also ready to offer Wednesday players plus cash for 24-year-old Hirst . |
| 9 | Out of rock came a stance of the rock concert rebel , where the crises and contradictions of the times could be played out as theatre . |
| 10 | The jokes could be played out in a fully contemporary setting and could often concern the adventures of very ordinary downtrodden men . |
| 11 | Yet an argument could be made out for Haversian bone being linked with large body-size rather than thermoregulation techniques . |
| 12 | It is sobering to reflect that a case could be made out for the judgment that the last extensive exercise of the English poetic sensibility was Wordsworth 's Prelude . ’ |
| 13 | However , it is necessary to consider this in a little more detail , for it might be argued that a rather better case could be made out for the materialist theory than the dismissive remarks of the preceding section seem to suggest , provided certain additional facts are taken into consideration . |
| 14 | I believe a good case could be made out for saying EITHER : |
| 15 | The power of attorney would specifically state that no cheques could be made out to me or the firm . |
| 16 | English merchants felt confident that money could be made out of settlements there , if only they could acquire enough influence at court to secure a charter to launch them . |
| 17 | This showed how very different everything was from the situation that had developed in England over the course of centuries , and colonial developments always gave Englishmen the idea that they were moving into empty land and seeing what could be made out of it . |
| 18 | What today separates us from Marx are evident historical truths , for example , that in developed capitalist societies there is no identifiable class , no clearly circumscribed social group which could be singled out as the representative of a general interest that has been violated … . |
| 19 | The directors could apprentice or hire out the children and other inmates , and the industrious poor could be rewarded out of any profits from their work , although no part of the money could be spent on liquor . |
| 20 | It is hoped the pack could be sent out to schools early next year . |
| 21 | EX-JOCKEY Dermot Browne could be kicked out of the racing game today — without defending himself . |
| 22 | To prove the latter part of this point the offence could be pointed out to the defendant , e.g. ’ it is an offence not to be able to show two white lights to the front of your motor car during the hours of darkness ' . |
| 23 | It was not until the end of the Victorian period , when electric trams provided cheap public transport , that new working class suburbs could be built out of town and away from the vicinity of the workplace . |
| 24 | The next minute you could be called out to a sudden death . |
| 25 | If they did n't pay the rent they could be turned out of the house and have to sleep in a ditch . |
| 26 | ‘ Then the loan could be repaid out of the increase in taxes . ’ |
| 27 | Otherwise they could be hiding out at any one of the millions of properties in Britain . |
| 28 | Thus long-established residents could be priced out of their neighbourhood by richer in-migrants attracted by the environmental and aesthetic improvements to an area which still retains the benefit of close proximity to workplaces in the city centre . |
| 29 | Transport of trees presented no problem : packed in chests with moss about their roots they could be kept out of ground two or three months , provided it was a dormant season . |
| 30 | By tightening security , ‘ hooligans ’ could be kept out by students and other college residents would once again feel as if they were ‘ prisoners ’ . |